How will Germany’s CCS Policy Affect the Development of a European CO2 Transport Infrastructure?

Wide adoption of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) in Europe would require a carbon dioxide (CO₂) transport infrastructure. A possible German ban on onshore storage of CO₂ could unnecessarily increase the size and costs of such a transport infrastructure. The authors warn that impeding the use of and research on CCS by not establishing appropriate regulations or even by prohibiting CO₂ storage at this early stage, therefore, would pose the risk of losing one potentially important tool to combat climate change.